In 2003, the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey reported that 46.7% of high school students had been sexually active.1 In 2000, 9.1 million of the 18.9 million new cases of STDs came from young people age 15-24.2 Due ...

As the number of ACL surgeries performed each year rise, giving patients a detailed look at their options for replacement is critical. To accomplish this, the best alternative of allograft or autograft, needs to be identified. ...

Endometriosis is a disease of the female reproductive system in which endometrial tissue exists outside of the uterus and is found attached to other organs. Although both laparoscopic ablation and gonadotropin-releasing ...

Medical education programs are using Personal Digital Assistants (PDA’s) to facilitate the recording of encounters between students and patients during clinical rotations. Wichita State University Physician Assistant Program ...

Acute and chronic pain are common conditions practitioners continually face in diagnosing and treating patients. The use of prescribing opioids in chronic non-malignant pain (CNMP) patients is controversial due to fear of ...

Traditionally, family practice physicians have personally managed the care of their hospitalized patients. The changing healthcare marketplace, however, is stimulating changes in primary care physician practice. One change ...

The homosexual subculture provides a unique challenge for all health care professionals. Attitudes of healthcare providers may prevent homosexual persons from seeking and receiving healthcare. Research has been conducted ...

Heart failure is becoming more common and increasing annually with coronary artery disease (CAD) being the number one cause. Current research is focused on detecting more risk factors and markers for heart disease in order ...

The risk of developing coronary artery disease for both men and women is increasing in society today. While previous cardiovascular research emphasized only hypertension and hyperlipidemia, the importance of treating the ...

Depression among children and adolescents has become increasingly more recognized in the medical setting. Up until recently clinicians believed they were successfully and safely treating their patient’s depression with a ...

With the introduction of emergency contraception, the likelihood of an unintended pregnancy can be reduced by up to 70% to 80%; however, limited access to EC, poor knowledge of its mechanism of action, therapeutic uses and ...

Migraine headaches affect an estimated 28 million Americans, cost the nation an estimated $14 billion annually, and are very difficult to treat effectively. The exact etiology of migraine headaches is still unknown, although ...

Multinodular nontoxic goiter is defined as a benign enlargement of the thyroid gland in a subject living in an iodine insufficient area. The causes of MNG are not completely understood, but include autoimmune, genetic, and ...

Certain student attributes (e.g., GPAs, personal interview scores) have been used by professional college programs to help differentiate candidates during the admissions process in an effort to select candidates that are ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be difficult to treat due to patient non-compliance and treatment efficacy. This anxiety disorder presents in behaviors such as checking, washing, repeating/counting, ordering/symmetry, ...

Online instruction has become a vital element in higher education. Most published research finds no significant difference between online (OL) and traditional (TD) instruction.
Purpose: Compare student satisfaction and ...

Cultural competency education has become increasingly important in
health care education in order to treat patients in a nation of diversity. A standardized way of
introducing cultural competency material and testing its ...

Oral pentosan polysulfate (PPS) is the only FDA-approved drug for interstitial cystitis (IC). Several studies have been conducted that show PPS will reduce IC symptoms. Sacral neuromodulation is a newer therapy for IC that ...

Research has been conducted on indigent populations across the
United States as well as the health care facilities which treat said populations. Factors
such as ethnicity, language barriers, employment, and adequate ...

Diabetes mellitus is a growing epidemic in the United States associated with significant economic costs, reduced quality of life, long-term complications, and high rates of morbidity and mortality.
Purpose: This study ...